OER17 - Teaching by Twitter – leaking a self-contained MOOC into the Twittersphere 

Hannah Gore … Andrew Smith@HRGore … @teraknor

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Nerds!!!

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Or geeks – who cares, we are proud of it?

We are Nerds!

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Who?

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Who?That Bio Slide!

Hannah Gore - Senior Producer: MOOCs at The Open University. Thesis writing doctorate student. Canine cohabiting vegan. Tweeting about life learning & random things in life … @HRGore

Andrew Smith - Academic, Examiner, Author, Linux/Cisco/Security, Packet Tracer & prog rock fan. Geekologist & Quantum Nerd who dabbles with social media … @teraknor

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@OUCyberSec

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@OUCyberSecTwitter Feed of the FutureLearn CyberSecurity MOOC

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@OUCyberSecHow it works …

• Runs during each presentation of the MOOC

• Tweets run in sequence with content• Tweets are based on the content• Each day at 18:30, 19:30 and 20:30• Max run of 10 weeks• Up to four times a year• Some intervening tweets between

presentations

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@OUCyberSecFutureLearn Affordances

• 10 complete presentations on FutureLearn to date • 8 weeks at 3 hours a week totalling 24 hours of study featuring

OU visiting professor Cory Doctorow• CESG certified training course • Addresses the topics of; threat landscape; authentication,

malware, networking and communications, cryptography, network security, when defences fail, and managing security risks.

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@OUCyberSecMOOC behaviour …

• The most successful STEM MOOC the OU has produced • Over 170,000 registrations to date • Average 20% completion rate • Highest number of certificates purchased upon

completion of 60 OU MOOCs produced to date• Learners undertaking MOOC due to personal

interest, professional interest and relevancy to work with 20% of learners stating the MOOC helped them with preparation for further study

• Learners demonstrating a consistent pattern in categories of Active Learner and Returning Learner

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Leaky Teaching

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Letting your self contained MOOC escape!

Leaky Teaching!

• Based on experiences of @OUCisco (uses Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn).

• Getting the contained community to move beyond their confines

• Promoting the MOOC and presenting a topic within an open space

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Groovy Data

Leaky Teaching!

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More Groovy Data

Leaky Teaching!

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Understanding the … Groovy Data

Leaky Teaching!

Knowing the difference between impressions, mentions and visits

Something that is seen yet is not interacted with – it has

appeared in someone's social media feed as they

scroll past or lingered over

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Conclusion!If there is one?

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Conclusion!Do Bears **** in the woods?

• Something is happening – also seen with @OUCisco, the community engages albeit via impressions

• Twitter epitomises the Legitimate Peripheral Participation (of Lave and Wenger)

• Yet we wonder if it is more than this?